carriers

Example Sentences

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Freight rates are climbing after hundreds of thousands of carriers were driven out of the industry by low earnings, new regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Rates plummeted in 2022, forcing hundreds of thousands of smaller carriers out of business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Kenya has never recorded a case of Ebola and many oppose the idea of bringing potential carriers of the highly contagious disease into the country.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The chief of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, Guliz Ozturk, noted wryly that it was standard practice for carriers to predict various scenarios at the beginning of the year, only to see something entirely different happen.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Hughie Smith, the middle-school drummer, beat his drum, and the poster carriers strode down Elm Street, headed for the bridge.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George